Manhattan

Almost 2 jiggers of Rye, Bourbon or Canadian Club.
1/2 jigger of sweet vermouth
4-5 squirts of Angostura Bitters
1/2 teaspoon of cherry juice
Shake over ice.
 

Pulled Pork BBQ

Pulled Pork BBQ

Recipe on Google Drive from Cuisine at Home.

French Martini

French Martini Google Doc

Baked Celery

Baked Celery

This is a good way to "get rid of" extra celery...


Ingredients

Salt
Pepper, freshly ground
3 bunches Celery, tops trimmed, and halved lengthwise
2 tablespoons Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
5 tablespoons Honey
2 cups Apple Juice
5 ounces Blue Cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup Walnuts, (optionally) toasted and chopped
1/4 cups Fresh Parsley Leaves, chopped

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Submerge celery halves (or quarters) in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and transfer to a baking pan.

Drizzle oil, 3 tablespoons honey, over celery. Season with salt.

Pour apple juice into pan and roast until celery begins to brown, about 25 minutes.

Maybe throw the walnuts over it now if not toasted and give it a few more minutes.

Transfer celery to a platter.

In a small bowl, mix blue cheese, walnuts, and parsley. Season with pepper.

Spoon over celery, drizzle with remaining honey, and serve.

Baba Ghanoush

Combine these two recipes:

About.com Recipe

Allrecipes.com Recipe For Baba Ghanoush

Grill or Roast the Eggplant.

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. Place eggplant on baking sheet, and make holes in the skin with a fork. Roast it for 30 to 40 minutes, turning occasionally, or until soft. Remove from oven, and place into a large bowl of cold water. Remove from water, and peel skin off.

Or just let it cool down/finish cooking.

Remove skin.

Squeeze juice from flesh.

The ingredients for our Baba Ghanoush are:

4 cloves garlic, crushed
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 plus 1 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons tahini
1 pound eggplants, roasted
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt

Mix everything except the 1 tablespoon of olive oil and refrigerate a few hours.

The extra tablespoon of olive oil can be used to top it when used as a dip.

Pumpkin Bread

3 3/4 cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
2 or more tsp. cinnamon
1 or more tsp. salt
1 or more tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp or more ground cloves

Sift above together, place in bowl and make well in center.  To this add:

1 cup melted butter
1 can solid pumpkin (Libby's)
2 eggs, beaten
2/3 cup water

Mix until moistened.  Place in 2 ungreased loaf pans and bake for 65 minutes at 350.

Check with toothpick to see if done.

White Bread 101

Easy and consistent bread.

Just follow the directions here, with these slight additions:

1.  When letting dough rise (each time), use oven (turned off, of course) with hot water in a tray below the dough.

2.  Use clear wrap sprayed with oil over bread pan with towel over that for proofing.

3.  Always use a large spoon to fill up the cups of flour and level off with the back edge of a knife.

4.  Soften butter in the microwave for 5-10 seconds.

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